Score one for the citizenry! Peter Hermann of the Baltimore Sun reports: A Harford County Circuit Court judge ruled this afternoon that a motorcyclist who was arrested for videotaping his traffic stop by a Maryland State Trooper was within his rights to record the confrontation. Judge Emory A Pitt Jr. tossed all the charges…
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Government Seeks Back Door Into All Our Communications
Seth Schoen of EFF writes about the disturbing news that the government is going for another expansion of its ability to surveill us: …. Throughout the 1990s, EFF and others fought the “crypto wars” to ensure that the public would have the right to strong encryption tools that protect our privacy and security — with…
CALEA 2.0: U.S. Wants to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet
An article by Charles Savage of the New York Times begins: Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone. Essentially, officials want Congress to…
Use of sneak-and-peak warrants balloons from 87 in ’06 to 1,145 in ’09
James Ewinger reports: A little-known federal law that allows investigators to carry out a search warrant without the suspect’s knowledge contributed to the smashing of a major heroin ring in the area last week. […] The delayed-notice search warrant is designed to keep suspects from knowing they are under surveillance. In this case, investigators used…